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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Phormocyrtis longicornis Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Phormocyrtis -> Phormocyrtis longicornis
Other pages this level: P. alexandrae, P. annosa, P. bucharica, P. carinata, P. costata, P. ligulata, P. longicornis, P. proxima, P. quadrata, P. striata, P. striata praexquisita, P. vasculum

Phormocyrtis longicornis

Citation: Phormocyrtis longicornis Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1370
Type specimens: pl.69, fig.15
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Theoperidae
Family (modern): Pterocorythidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell slender, ovate, rough, with two slight strictures. Length of the three joints = 3: 8: 12, breadth = 4: 10: 11. Cephalis hemispherical, with a very large, cylindrical born, about as long as the shell. Thorax hemispherical, with regular, circular, hexagonally-framed pores. Abdomen subcylindrical, with twenty to twenty-four nearly parallel undulate ribs, and alternate longitudinal rows of regular, circular pores. Mouth constricted, circular, about half as broad as the thorax.

Length of the three joints, a 0.03, b 0.08, c 0.12; breadth, a 0.04, b 0.1, c 0.11. [dimensions in mm]

Editors' Notes
Stratigraphic information for LM21 from Riedel, 1959, p.287

References:

Haeckel, E (1887). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O

Riedel, W. R. (1959a). Oligocene and Lower Miocene Radiolaria in tropical Pacific sediments. Micropaleontology. 5(3): 285-302. gs


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